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P: 7/4/2007 3:36:00 PM
theGroove Rough Rock Total Posts: 9 Last Post: 8/15/2007 Member Since: 7/4/2007	Hi, I've been reading the forum for about a month and I'm trying to narrow down my diamond search. I've pretty much decided on an ACA Princess from WH. I had decide on one a few weeks ago, but I took to long to make the purchase and someone else snagged it from me. I spoke with a WH rep and she said they just got new ones in and are not expecting anymore until Oct - Nov. I'm going to need the ring by October. Anyways, I have 5 I'm thinking about now and could use your help in narrowing it down to 1 or 2. 1) http://www.whiteflash.com/aca_princess/A-Cut-Above-Princess-cut-diamond-336513.htm - I'm a little scared w/ H color 2) http://www.whiteflash.com/aca_princess/A-Cut-Above-Princess-cut-diamond-78246.htm 3) http://www.whiteflash.com/aca_princess/A-Cut-Above-Princess-cut-diamond-174075.htm 4) http://www.whiteflash.com/aca_princess/A-Cut-Above-Princess-cut-diamond-52593.htm 5) http://www.whiteflash.com/aca_princess/A-Cut-Above-Princess-cut-diamond-56830.htm - this one is pushing the budget quite a bit If you notice a different stone that I've not listed above that you think great diamond/deal I'm all ears. Your help is greatly appreciated! Thanks, Ryan
Posted: 7/4/2007 3:36:00 PM

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P: 7/4/2007 4:03:25 PM
In the rough Cut Rock Total Posts: 112 Last Post: 8/14/2007 Member Since: 7/4/2007	I am not an expert like many of the other people on here, however as a girl who loves diamonds (and has done quite a bit of research), my vote is http://www.whiteflash.com/aca_princess/A-Cut-Above-Princess-cut-diamond-174075.htm or http://www.whiteflash.com/aca_princess/A-Cut-Above-Princess-cut-diamond-56830.htm
Posted: 7/4/2007 4:03:25 PM

P: 7/4/2007 5:02:31 PM
Regular Guy Ideal Rock Total Posts: 5,315 Last Post: 11/20/2009 Member Since: 7/7/2004	I'd personally find any of the first 3 more than reasonable...modestly favoring #3 along with "in the rough" above...but I'd drop out 4 & 5. Ira (Ruffles have Ridges) Z. ____________ If you're looking for diamond shopping tips...this (along with this update) might do the trick! however...caution: known to have been regarded as armed and dangerous
Posted: 7/4/2007 5:02:31 PM

P: 7/4/2007 5:10:44 PM
theGroove Rough Rock Total Posts: 9 Last Post: 8/15/2007 Member Since: 7/4/2007	Thank You both for the replies. It looks like #3 is 2 for 2 so far.
Posted: 7/4/2007 5:10:44 PM

P: 7/4/2007 5:17:05 PM
Kaleigh Ideal Rock Total Posts: 25,905 Last Post: 11/23/2009 Member Since: 11/18/2004	Another vote here for #3. I'd put a hold on it. G VS2 is a sweet spot for me. ____________________________ Piece of cake and a candle. ng gift
Posted: 7/4/2007 5:17:05 PM

P: 7/4/2007 5:49:03 PM
theGroove Rough Rock Total Posts: 9 Last Post: 8/15/2007 Member Since: 7/4/2007	Hmm, why is the pricescope price for #3 more than the WH listed price?
Posted: 7/4/2007 5:49:03 PM

P: 7/4/2007 5:51:13 PM
kcoursolle Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,344 Last Post: 10/14/2009 Member Since: 1/21/2006	Date: 7/4/2007 5:49:03 PM Author: theGroove Hmm, why is the pricescope price for #3 more than the WH listed price? Hmmm probably an error, I'd ask WF about it. WF offers a pricescope discount to their customers, it's small but it helps. You have to ask for it to get it. Like the others I like #3. It looks like a beauty.
Posted: 7/4/2007 5:51:13 PM

P: 7/5/2007 10:21:06 AM
theGroove Rough Rock Total Posts: 9 Last Post: 8/15/2007 Member Since: 7/4/2007	If there are any other opinions on the diamonds keep them coming. I would also like to get your opinion on these 2 settings. Which do you like better for a princess cut. 1)http://www.whiteflash.com/Engagement-Rings/Styles/Diamond-Settings/Diamonds-for-an-Eternity--3-4-_1070.htm 2) http://www.whiteflash.com/golden-wardrobe/Gold_Details.aspx?ItemCode=WF-4166&CategID=15 Thanks, Ryan
Posted: 7/5/2007 10:21:06 AM

P: 7/5/2007 10:34:36 AM
theGroove Rough Rock Total Posts: 9 Last Post: 8/15/2007 Member Since: 7/4/2007	Also, after going back and looking at the diamonds again I'm a little curious why you guys choose #3 over #2. They are about the exact same size and if #2 is eye-clean and F color, just curious. Thanks, Ryan
Posted: 7/5/2007 10:34:36 AM

P: 7/5/2007 10:39:05 AM
Ellen Ideal Rock Total Posts: 22,894 Last Post: 11/6/2009 Member Since: 1/13/2006	I'd pick 1 first, or 3. I don't think H would be a problem, and it's definitely bigger. And I like the second setting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "It is also important for the State to inculcate in its subjects an aversion to any 'conspiracy theory of history' for a search for 'conspiracies' means a search for motives and an attribution of responsibility for historical misdeeds." -Murray N. Rothbard, in The Anatomy of the State John Swinton [1829-1901] Chief Editorial Writer of the New York Times (Considered "the Dean of his Profession" by his peers), when asked to toast an 'Independent Press' in a gathering at the National Press Club, circa 1880 "There is no such thing in America as an independent press unless it is in the country towns. You know it, and I know it. There is not one of you who dare express an honest opinion. If you express it you know beforehand that it would never appear in print. I am paid... for keeping my honest opinions out of the paper I am connected with. Others of you are paid similar salaries for doing similar things.... The business of the New York journalist is to distort the truth, to lie outright, to pervert, to vilify, to fawn at the feet of Mammon, and sell his country and race for his daily bread, or for what is about the same thing, his salary. You know this, and I know it and what foolery to be toasting an 'independent press.' We are tools, and the vassals of rich men behind the scenes. We are jumping-jacks. They pull the strings and we dance. Our time, our talents, our lives, our possibilities, all are the property of other men. We are intellectual prostitutes."
Posted: 7/5/2007 10:39:05 AM

P: 7/5/2007 3:26:09 PM
kcoursolle Ideal Rock Total Posts: 10,344 Last Post: 10/14/2009 Member Since: 1/21/2006	Date: 7/5/2007 10:21:06 AM Author: theGroove If there are any other opinions on the diamonds keep them coming. I would also like to get your opinion on these 2 settings. Which do you like better for a princess cut. 1)http://www.whiteflash.com/Engagement-Rings/Styles/Diamond-Settings/Diamonds-for-an-Eternity--3-4-_1070.htm 2) http://www.whiteflash.com/golden-wardrobe/Gold_Details.aspx?ItemCode=WF-4166&CategID=15 Thanks, Ryan Both are lovely, but I'm especially partial to the second setting. It's so beautiful!!! Lynn b has this ring (the original designer) and you can do a search for her to see many pics. It's a stunner!
Posted: 7/5/2007 3:26:09 PM

P: 7/6/2007 11:09:18 AM
theGroove Rough Rock Total Posts: 9 Last Post: 8/15/2007 Member Since: 7/4/2007	I'm calling WF this afternoon. Any last min advice, suggestions, or recommendations? Thanks for everyones help, Ryan
Posted: 7/6/2007 11:09:18 AM

P: 7/6/2007 11:58:50 AM
rainydaze Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,498 Last Post: 5/19/2009 Member Since: 5/1/2007	provided diamond #2 is eye clean i would be most interested in that one! please note, my opinion is based solely upon the pics, #2 has a nice clean pattern that is beautiful to me and easy to distinguish and enjoy. also, i love a nice white diamond, so an F would be outstanding. i have a princess (G color) and i love those moments when i look down and it's flashing pure whiteness. i can only imagine what a D/E/F would look like! but again, it would have to be eye clean, as it wouldn't matter how white it was to me if there were an inclusion distracting me! and DEFINATELY setting #2 as well. i seriously considered that for my remount, along with the matching band. lynn b's is to die for, you must check out her thread. the prongs on the first one are kind of boring, standard issue. the head on the harmony has nice detail, makes it pretty from all angles, and to my aesthetic gives the effect of cradling the diamond rather than clamping it in place. JMHO, best of luck! oh one other thing, setting #2 might be a little more comfortable. there's some debate over the comfort of settings like #1, some folks find them a little scratchy, some get over it, some never have an issue. i think lynn b said hers felt good from day one. What you feel only matters to you. It is what you do to the people you say you love that is what matters. - from The Last Kiss
Posted: 7/6/2007 11:58:50 AM

P: 7/6/2007 12:13:31 PM
theGroove Rough Rock Total Posts: 9 Last Post: 8/15/2007 Member Since: 7/4/2007	Thank you rainydaze for the input. Ya, it's between #2 and #3. I'm kind of leaning towards #2 if it's eye-clean. Based on the IS and ASET will there be much of a performance difference between #2 and #3? Also, I think I'm pretty much set on setting #2. One question, is it easy to find a nice wedding band to match setting #2? Thanks, Ryan
Posted: 7/6/2007 12:13:31 PM

P: 7/6/2007 1:34:16 PM
rainydaze Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,498 Last Post: 5/19/2009 Member Since: 5/1/2007	i wish i could give you performance input on your options, but i'm not qualified like so many more here. i'm sure WF could better help you, everyone says they are fantastic in this. with setting 2, lynn b (who is the originator of the harmony setting) had WF make her wband to match. so while WF does not offer it on their site (yet?) i'm sure if you ask about it when they call they will discuss it with you and give you a quote for it. it is the same as the band to the harmony, just without the head and diamond of course. it's beautiful together, a stunning set. here's her thread, and some pics (keep in mind her diamond is a 2+ ct RB) http://www.pricescope.com/idealbb/view.asp?topicID=46129&pageNo=2 What you feel only matters to you. It is what you do to the people you say you love that is what matters. - from The Last Kiss
Posted: 7/6/2007 1:34:16 PM

P: 7/6/2007 1:36:02 PM
rainydaze Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,498 Last Post: 5/19/2009 Member Since: 5/1/2007	... What you feel only matters to you. It is what you do to the people you say you love that is what matters. - from The Last Kiss
Posted: 7/6/2007 1:36:02 PM

P: 7/6/2007 1:36:37 PM
rainydaze Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,498 Last Post: 5/19/2009 Member Since: 5/1/2007	... What you feel only matters to you. It is what you do to the people you say you love that is what matters. - from The Last Kiss
Posted: 7/6/2007 1:36:37 PM

P: 7/6/2007 1:37:43 PM
rainydaze Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,498 Last Post: 5/19/2009 Member Since: 5/1/2007	lynn b...... i hope it was okay to share your photos!! your rings are so GORGEOUS, and i got excited someone else was considering your setting!!! What you feel only matters to you. It is what you do to the people you say you love that is what matters. - from The Last Kiss
Posted: 7/6/2007 1:37:43 PM

P: 7/6/2007 1:56:22 PM
theGroove Rough Rock Total Posts: 9 Last Post: 8/15/2007 Member Since: 7/4/2007	Thank You for the pics. I'm also glad to know that they can make a matching band, great info. Thanks, Ryan
Posted: 7/6/2007 1:56:22 PM

P: 7/6/2007 10:39:30 PM
rainydaze Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,498 Last Post: 5/19/2009 Member Since: 5/1/2007	let us know what you end up with! What you feel only matters to you. It is what you do to the people you say you love that is what matters. - from The Last Kiss
Posted: 7/6/2007 10:39:30 PM

P: 7/7/2007 1:03:07 AM
jstarfireb Ideal Rock Total Posts: 3,143 Last Post: 11/22/2009 Member Since: 3/24/2007	I'm a little late to this discussion, but just wanted to give you my 2 cents worth. H color should be fine in an ACA princess. I have an I-colored ACA and it's very white. That said, it's hard to decide without a pic of #1. My choice would actually be #2 so far (unless I see the pic of #1 and fall in love with it). I think the picture looks prettier than #3, and it's larger, more square, and less expensive. #5 is way too expensive. #4 is pretty but more expensive than some of the other equally pretty ones. Looks like #2 was sold...hope it was sold to you! ************************** "In the end, I wonder if the true movement of the world might not be a voice raised in song." -Muriel Barbary
Posted: 7/7/2007 1:03:07 AM

P: 8/15/2007 2:32:58 PM
theGroove Rough Rock Total Posts: 9 Last Post: 8/15/2007 Member Since: 7/4/2007	Hi all, For those interested I made the final payment on diamond #2 today and chose the Harmony setting. The ring is going into production shortly and I will definitely post pics of the finished ring once WF emails them to me. Thank you all for the help. Ryan
Posted: 8/15/2007 2:32:58 PM

P: 8/15/2007 2:58:43 PM
rainydaze Ideal Rock Total Posts: 1,498 Last Post: 5/19/2009 Member Since: 5/1/2007	YAAAYYYY, how exciting!!! that is going to be one gorgeous ring, i can't wait to see it. best wishes for the proposal and i'll be anxiously awaiting pics!! What you feel only matters to you. It is what you do to the people you say you love that is what matters. - from The Last Kiss
Posted: 8/15/2007 2:58:43 PM

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